Tao's Bupleurum and Lily Decoction

Dossi-sihobaekhap-tang

한글 도씨시호백합탕 · Pinyin Tao Shi Chai Hu Bai He Tang

陶氏柴胡百合湯

Composition 構成

Byeolgap Bie Jia
鼈甲 별갑 · Turtle Carapace

8 g
Chief 君

vinegar-boiled
Siho Chai Hu
柴胡 시호 · Bupleurum

4 g
Chief 君
Baekhap Bai He
百合 백합 · Lily Bulb

4 g
Chief 君
Jimo Zhi Mu
知母 지모 · Anemarrhena

4 g
Deputy 臣
Saengjihwang Sheng Di Huang
生地黃 생지황 · Raw Rehmannia

4 g
Deputy 臣
Insam Ren Shen
人蔘 인삼 · Ginseng

4 g
Deputy 臣
Hwanggeum Huang Qin
黃芩 황금 · Scutellaria

4 g
Deputy 臣
Jinpi Chen Pi
陳皮 진피 · Aged Tangerine Peel

4 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

4 g
Envoy 使
Saenggang Sheng Jiang
生薑 생강 · Fresh Ginger

—
Envoy 使

three slices
Daejo Da Zao
大棗 대조 · Jujube

—
Envoy 使

two dates

Total 40 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts. Excludes 2 ingredients measured by count or used as a vehicle, shown as —.

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Actions 效能

Clears residual heat from the yin
Quiets the spirit in lily disease
Treats relapse from overexertion

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Lily disease with the spirit unsettled and the patient neither well nor ill
Relapse after cold damage brought on by exertion

Biomedical correlates

Post-infectious somatization
Relapsing convalescent fever

Source text 原文

Donguibogam 東醫寶鑑

治百合病及勞復等證. 鼈甲(醋煮) 二錢, 柴胡ㆍ百合ㆍ知母ㆍ生地黃ㆍ陳皮ㆍ人參ㆍ黃芩ㆍ甘草各一錢. 右剉, 作一貼, 入薑三片, 棗二枚, 水煎服. 《入門》

Translation

Treats lily disease and relapse from exertion, and the like. Vinegar-boiled soft-shelled turtle shell, 2 don; bupleurum, lily bulb, anemarrhena, fresh rehmannia, tangerine peel, ginseng, scutellaria and licorice, 1 don each. Cut up, make one packet, add three slices of ginger and two dates and decoct in water. — Immun 入門 (Donguibogam · Han, lower)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Tao Hua's composite answer to the two late patterns that follow a fever: lily disease, where the patient cannot be said to be ill and cannot be said to be well, and relapse from getting up too soon. Lily bulb is the specific — the pattern is named after it — and vinegar-boiled turtle shell reaches the heat that has gone into the yin. Around them sits a reduced Minor Bupleurum: bupleurum, scutellaria, ginseng, licorice, ginger and dates, which is the formula for a heat caught halfway in and halfway out. Anemarrhena and fresh rehmannia for the fluids. It is a convalescent formula and treats a patient who looks much better than they feel. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.